May Training

The second training session was fantastic with everyone of the 16 trainees getting on the water for a quick taster sail by 1000! After the safety briefing and few frantic phone calls to get enough Toppers for our 6 youngsters…..!!! we were all on the water in fairly light winds and learning the basics of sailing. The stars of the day were definitely the juniors, thanks to their Pirates’ experiences….and Carole and Gary were also on the water to see them ‘in action’ – the youngsters were sailing a triangular course, jibing and tacking …..all before the lunch break!
 
We had a wonderful support team, Pat, Sally, Rachel, Dave, Lynne, Steve and Mo, who popped in and out or stayed all day, making us drinks at lunch time, clearing up our mess, helping us getting in and out of the boats and putting them away at the end….they were fantastic ……thank you all so much.
 
Everyone had a great time despite the lack of wind during the early afternoon and went home exhausted, thrilled with being able to sail and clutching their Start Sailing books – the bedtime reading for the next week!!!
 
Thank you to all the instructors, Dave and Mark in the Sport 14’s, Newton with his ‘gaggle’ of Pico’s and Monica with her ‘brood’ of Toppers………and Alice who was great to follow in her Laser…….
Special thanks to Steve for getting us on the water so quickly and overseeing the smooth running of our day. See you all next week for our second day.
May Training

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